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   Son of Cormack to All   
   Re: Not religion but supernaturalism   
   09 Mar 06 07:42:57   
   
   From: cj.mccormack@btinternet.com   
      
   "Ron Peterson"  wrote in message   
   news:1141884191.643882.247150@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > Son of Cormack wrote:   
   >> It is not religion that holds us back as such. It is the determination to   
   >> cling to outated and destructive concepts of supernaturalism and   
   >> superstition that is stunting Human potential in our age.   
   >   
   > A little superstition isn't the problem.   
      
   I'm afraid to say that it is precisely the problem   
      
   >   
   >> How can we be guided in our morals and actions by concepts dreamed up   
   >> centuries ago to explain things that we have since had explained to us by   
   >> Human Science and ingenuity.   
   >   
   > No, the morals dreamed up centuries ago without the use of science and   
   > rational thought are defective.   
   >   
   I think that is what I said above   
      
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